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Advice for getting my 7 week old to sleep through the night?

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I am looking for any advice about getting my daughter to sleep. I am going back to work full time next week and getting a little more sleep at night would be great! My LO has no problem falling asleep while laying on my husband or I, but as soon as I lay her down she starts fussing and crying. She usually sleeps 2-3 hrs at a time on a goodnight. Any help or advice is appreciated.

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At 7 weeks, 3 hours of night sleep is pretty normal. You can try to get her to eat more during the day to encourage night sleep, use a white noise machine, swaddle. Sleep training is not effective until at least 4 months.

I have a 7 week old that is sleeping 8 hours a night. The first time this happened I thought something was wrong and went to check on her.
During the day I have her on the main level with me with the tv on and the shades open. She still naps, but i want her to know that it's daytime. Around 7 or 8 pm I notice that she starts to rub her eyes. As soon as she starts this, I bring her upstairs to be feed, diaper changed, swaddled, and read to. Then she goes in her crib for the night.
Hope this helps. Good luck.

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